Example code pulling purple air monitor data from https://map.purpleair.com/1/mAQI/a60/p604800/cC0#12.13/34.26411/-118.38894 into a database to then be used for exploratory analysis.
Relational database that is open source, free, and can be stored locally. https://www.sqlite.org/index.html
Using python to access Purple Air's API https://api.purpleair.com/. As Python is faster and integrates with sqlite.
- request Purple Air API access key by emailing:
[email protected] - explore https://api.purpleair.com/ for parameters and different call methods
Using R for exploratory analysis with time series, calendar, and seasonal trends plotting through ggplot2.
R is more sophisticated with graphs allowing more customization and can easily connect with sqlite to access stored data.